Combined head-rest and chair-seat.



No. 673,6I7. Patented May 7, |90l.

L. H. DEANER.

COMBINED HEAD REST AND CHAIR SEAT.

(Application Bled July 25, 1900.)

(No Nudel.)

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UNITED .STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEE HARMAN DEANER, OF MUSKEGON, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO WILLIAM W. MCLAREN, OF SAME PLACE.

COMBINED HEAD-REST AND CHAIR-SEAT,

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 673,617, dated May 7, 1901. Appnaion inea July 25. 19oo.` serial No. 24.817. oto man.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEE HARMAN DEANER, acitizen of the United States, residing at Muskegon, in the county of Muskegon and State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Combined Head-Rest and Chai r-Seat,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a combined headrest and chair-seat cushion; and the object of ro the same is to provide simple and eective means for adapting a cushion for use either as a seat-cushion or a head-rest by securing thereto means for supporting it on the back of a chair or analogous device and which will not obstruct or interfere in the least with its use as a seat-cushion and wherein the parts are strong and durable, easily and readily applied, and comparatively inexpensive.

The invention consists in the construction zo and arrangement of the several parts, which will be more fully hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a chair looking toward the rear there- 2 5 yof and showing a cushion supported thereon as a head-rest by the improved attachment; Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of a cushion, showing the improved device thereon. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective View of the improved 3o attachment shown partially broken away.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to indicate corresponding parts in the several views. 1

The numeral l designates a cushion of any preferred form and general make-up and similar to that ordinarily employed for chair-seat coverings, or it may be the usual form or type .of sofa or door-stoop or porch cushion. The .expense of this cushion will depend excluvare sively on the desire and demand of the purchaser or user, and it is proposed tto either :apply the improved attachment, which will lbe presently set forth, at the time of initial ipreparation or manufacture of the cushion ,.745 or to sell or vend the said attachment independently with explanations as to mode of application, so that individual purchasers :may be enabled to attach it to a cushion of l,their own fabrication.

.The improved attachment, which conjointly toperates with the cushion to make the latter convertible from one use to another, comprises a support 2, formed, preferably, of sheet metal of any desirable width and length and having opposite rolled or tubular side edges 3 to stien the same and provided with intermediate apertures 4 to receive fastening devices, such as upholstering buttonsor tufts, to keep the said support in one position in the cushion-body. In the one tubular side 6o edge of the support the longitudinal member 5 of a hanger 6 is movably mounted, the said hanger in the present instance having opposite inwardly-con verging side portions '7,with terminal upstanding portions 8 at different 65 angles and from Which a curved loop 9 is turned over rearwardly and downwardly,con siderable space being left between the upper portions of the loop and the said terminals to permit the hanger to be applied over the up- 7o per edge of the back of a chair or other device. To prevent marring or scratching the device over which the hanger is applied, the part of the hanger from the opposite ends of the support and external of the bottom or back of the cushion is completely covered with rubber or other suitable bufng material, as at 10.

By having the hanger movably or pivotally connected to the support within the cushion 8o the said hanger is permitted to be pushed closely against the bottom of the cushion when the latter is used as a seat-cushion Without bending the hanger or exerting a strain thereon that would have a tendency to break or fracture the point of jointure thereof with the support and which would result if the hanger and support were immovably connected. Furthermore, a material advantage ensues from a movable attachment of the 9o hanger to the support When the improved device is used as a head-cushion in that it is permitted to have a certain amount of movement to adjust itself inrelation to a chairback without the stiffness that would result from a rigidly-connected hanger.

The improved arrangement presents a very convenient combination of parts and adapts a cushion to be used either for sitting purposes on a chair-seat, when the hanger Will Ioo be disposed beneath, or it may be quickly applied over the back of a chair, as shown, to

- may beresortedA to at will.

` Having' thus desoribedthe invention,izvyliatl is claimed as new isl. Aseat-eushion havingasupportinolosed and immovably fastened within thel bottoni portion thereof and provided with a tubular edge, and an eXteriorly-positioned hanger havin gi a .member iinoyably engaging .thesaidL tubular edge of the support within, the enshion, the hanger being resilient and com pressible toward the cushion-bottom.

2. Aseat-oushionhavingasupportinolosed and im movably vfastened -Withi-n thebottom A 'portion thereof and consisting of a Strip of metal/With rolled or tubular ledges, and an 'eXteriorly-positioned hanger having a mem- I' ber movably engaging one of thesaid tubuflar edges of'fthe snppontand :provided also withI win.Wardlyfeonveugegin g. side'portions from which extends a curved loop, the exterior portion of the hanger being,` covered with a buffer.

3., Aseatfeushion haring Supp-Ort 1@0mxpletelyjuelos'ed;and' irnfnovalol'y`l fastened in the intermediate bottom portion thereof, and a hanger positioned exteriorly of the bottom port-ion of theeushiona'nd having a portion extended into 'the latterv and 4movaloly oon-- neeted to the support in a pivotal manner, the su pportbeing fri-gid#andkthehanger resilient vand eompre'ssible ag''ins'tthe bottom of the cushion.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have .heretoafixed mysignature in thepreseuee of twolwitnesses.

r iLEE HAR-MAN ,.-DiEANER Witnesses:

WM. MCLAREN, .JOHN Q..Ross. 

